GOVERNOR EMMANUEL FLAYS DOCTORS FOR IGNORING COVID19 SYMPTOMS

Governor Udom Emmanuel has frowned at doctors in Akwa Ibom who refuse to adhere to repeated warnings, by keeping patients in their facilities instead of reaching out to the Covid19 team. a

In a chat with journalists in Government House, Governor Emmanuel decried a situation where doctors tend to make the Ibom Specialist Hospital a dumping ground after their cases had reached crises stage.

He said that in the last couple of days, 44 samples were sent for testing and only 3 tested positive for the Corona virus and one being a dead victim.

Mr Emmanuel who reacted to an incident where a 68 year old woman passed on few hours after arriving the hospital unconscious, urged people to avail themselves of the call center numbers of the situation room, to report any case for prompt response.

He said that the medical facilities put in place by his administration were second to none and said cases could easily be arrested once they are brought on time.

The Governor expressed delight at the recovery rate of patients in the state Isolation center and applauded the medical Team for the job well done, saying their contributions attracted plaudits from the Nigerian Center for Diseases Control.

He maintained that only 6 active cases of Covid 19 are receiving treatment at the Isolation centers.

This brings the total number of cases to 16, 9 discharged and 2 deaths.

He also used the occasion to sympathize with the people for the inconveniences the lockdown might cause but affirmed that Government is doing everything possible that would enable gradually reopening up of movement within the state.

The state chief executive also noted how people have flouted the interstate lockdown and warned that anyone or vehicles with passengers entering the state would be made to isolate for 14 days at the point caught by the Security agencies.